If you have an issue with a plugin that we're including, please let us & the plugin author know. We are happy to help with basic questions and conflict reports, but remember that the plugin author is going to be the primary support for their plugin. For more information on plugins, check out: Premium Plugins FAQ

Backing Up

Don't forget that backing up is your responsibility, and we recommend doing so before any major updates or customizations. See our Backup and Restore video for a visual guide on what the workflow might look like in our Video Library

Local Hosts

If you're working
on localhost, unless its a known issue, unfortunately it's hard for us
to help unless we can see a live example.

With that said, if you are experiencing issues on a local host
environment, please let us know, but understand that there are some huge
limitations with this situation and we simply cannot provide the same
comprehensive support in this situation for many reasons. We are still happy to provide support though if we can, and we ask that you provide us with a walk though (with plenty of details) on how we might replicate the issue on our end.

We only cover support for our themes, and we can not give general WordPress support that isn't related to our themes (ie: we can't help you install/use/modify plugins that we don't officially endorse from the Theme Options panel).

Furthermore, we can not help with theme customizations or plugin integrations. Third-Party Plugin Support WordPress is a big ecosystem with tens of thousands of plugins that are coded to all sorts of different standards. Most of the time, "broken" theme issues are caused by poorly coded plugins. As such, we ask that you first disable any non-theme recommended plugins.

Support vs. Customizations: There is a fine line between what is considered support & customizations.

What is a "Customization"? If you are requesting basic customization help using the existing in-theme tools and options, we will be glad to assist you. This usually covers the most basic of changes. For instance, the following questions would be considered "basic" customizations:

1. How do I change the menu sub-text color to red?2. How do I change the font-size for paragraphs?3. How do I make the background image centered instead of left-aligned?

However, if your question is more in depth, we can only provide guidance and you would then need to hire a freelancer if you don't have the skills to implement it yourself. Some examples of this type of question are:

1. How can I change the layout of page template X?2. How can I add XYZ plugin to this theme?3. How can I change the way that the menu works?4. How can I make "theme X" work like "theme Y"?5. How can I change X, Y, Z, A, B, C, & D.

Anything that has to do with customizing layouts, page templates, custom theme features, non-official plugins, etc. falls into this category. We understand that this covers a lot of your questions... the simple fact is that it's not feasible for us to help with this stuff though.

The good news is that there is an affordable network of "freelancers-for-hire" that are able to take on customization projects. Check it out here: http://microlancer.com

The reasoning here is pretty simple; The support ticket system has been somewhat 'abused' over the past year and our helpers have been getting bogged down with lots of advanced customizations that often take up 12-14 hours a day of non-stop support 6-7 days a week. The end result is that many of the simple questions on the board are taking several days to respond to because other, more advanced questions are getting most of the attention. That sucks for the 99% of theme users that just want a bit of help with simple stuff. So, as much as we all want to help everyone, we've gotta draw the line and expect that you (the theme users) have either the skill to complete customizations on your own through our extensive documentation or by hiring outside help.

Rest assured, we're still here; We still have people answering tickets all day long Monday - Thursday. We still LOVE to help you guys do awesome stuff with our themes and we're still happy to help with the basics.

Refund Requests: If you've purchased one of my themes and found that it did not work, please open a support request so that I can help address any issues with the theme. If after all resources have been exhausted:

And you're still having issues with the theme, you can file a refund request at ThemeForest.

Note: Refund requests must be made within 30 days of purchase if downloaded. If the item was not downloaded, you have up to 3 months. If there is no support ticket is found, I will ask you to file one so that I can help out before I process your request. In short, though, I want to help - and want to know where you're having issues so that I can fix them for you (and anyone else who my run into this issue).